...Though John Keats lived a short life of only twenty five years, it was fraught with grief and death. The poems “Bright Star” and “When I have Fears that I may Cease to Be”, both written by John Keats, are similar in their ways of thinking but each revolve around different issues. Both express a concern over the non stop, rushed pace of living that Keats feels, however, “Bright Star” expresses a desire for immortality because of his lover and “When I Have Fears that I may Cease to Be” surrounds Keats’ fear that he may not reach his full fame before his death. He conveys this anxiousness through the poetic devices of consonance, paradox, rhyme and sonnet form. Keats uses the paradox to express his desire for immortality in order to fulfill his wishes of love and fame. Keats wishes to be “Pillow'd upon [his] fair love's ripening breast/...Awake for ever in a sweet unrest” in the poem “Bright Star”. However, experiencing love as well as being eternal do not go together. To love, one must be human and therefore not an eternal being like the star. Keats is grappling with the paradox of a desire for permanence while existing in a world of time and motion. In the poem “When...
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...Nick Habre Writing Center Application 2/5/16 I think I would be a good writing center advisor since I’m not naturally talented at writing. While this may seem counter intuitive, I think it gives me an even greater edge over other applicants. Because I’ve struggled with my writing I understand how to help others who are also struggling with their writing. Writing the perfect paper, or finding the perfect word for a sentence is one of my favorite parts of writing an English paper since it doesn’t come naturally to me. I look forward to be able to help other people like me who may have struggled with their writing, and hope you consider me as a writing advisor. RKO Outta Nowhere!!! 10/19/15 English Paper The Power of the Pen Graham Greene, author of The Power and the Glory, expertly employs vivid imagery, allowing readers insight into The Priest’s ideas and ongoing mental conflicts. In a society slipping away from god, this novel still remains relevant and continually draws praise, but has never been adapted as a first rate film. This is presumably because the meaningful details Greene provides us with are what make this story a classic. Throughout the story vital details of The Priest’s mentality, self-struggle, and character development are provided, that would be inexpressible through film. Graham Greene tends to define The Priest’s character through his ideas, rather than through dialogue, while extremely effective in the novel, these thoughts would not translate...
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...Hamlet includes a series of problems and dilemmas. Hamlet deals with death, including those of King Hamlet and Polonius. The play also deals with sexual tensions such as those between Hamlet and Ophelia. It is also full of physiological problem including those that are constantly in Hamlets head. These include recovering from the death of a father, seeking revenge, and being in love. In addition, there are constant social tensions in the play, including those between Hamlet and Claudius and even with Fortenbras. Yet, Hamlet doesn’t treat these problems with any clear resolution. We never really see a clear intention. If these problems were part of our lives, we would be affected very dramatically from the situations seen in Hamlet. Hamlet is also seen as a paradox as he is a hero in one perspective of the plot and a villain in another. This all just depends on the interpretation you have on Hamlet. For this reason in many recreations we see a different Hamlet one can be more of a hero and then we can have another director put him as a villain. This paradox does not only puzzle and confuse readers but also Hamlet himself. He is constantly reflecting on his actions and what steps he needs to take in order to accomplish his goal of revenge. He does not know if he can do it while being a good guy so at times...
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...1. Describe what the Latino Paradox means in your own words as described in the film shown in class. Provide one example of this. In the Latino film, a public health official said of immigrant health, “They’re doing something right.” The Latino Paradox means that Latino immigrants are healthier than the average American, even though they have lower income and education. The paradox is that people from low socioeconomic status tends to have worse health and higher death rates compared to every other groups in the world; however, Latinos in the United States have a low mortality rate even though they are part of the low socioeconomic status. In the Latino film, the 2. What conditions in the Bernals’ lives protect or promote their health? Some...
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...HB 490 Introduction to Wine Lesson 1: Wine and Health, Wine in History, Wine and Culture, and Serving Alcohol Safely In Vino Sanitas? Wine (and other alcohols) and Health The French Paradox 60 Minutes segment in 1991 Mounting epidemiological evidence that moderate consumption of alcohol is associated with Reduced risk of death Particularly by coronary disease Red Wine was apparently most beneficial The “J” shaped curve 1 Societal Attitudes The French Paradox report came in the midst of a resurgent prohibitionist sentiment This sentiment has not disappeared, but is somewhat less prevalent or obvious today Societal Attitudes To drink or Not to drink? Some believe the healthiest choice is NOT to consume alcohol, while others tout the purported health benefits of alcohol consumption Others, yet, acknowledge the apparent health benefits of moderate alcohol consumption, but hesitate to discuss them as they fear this may lead some may become alcohol dependent to start consuming alcohol Societal Attitudes Much (dis)information on the issue of alcohol and health! You must consider the data critically Interpretations may vary Research is never fully conclusive Scientist not always “value free” Some agencies/authorities have “agendas” 2 Agenda? Visit the websites of these organizations and see if you can establish if they have an agenda relative to wine and health Epidemiology Epidemiology...
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...In Master and Margarita, Mikhail Bulgakov utilizes opposing forces to drive the major themes of the novel-- Good versus evil, spiritual life versus material life, and justice versus injustice. These contrasting ideas are dependent upon each other to embody the messages of the novel. Woland, the devil, is the main arbitrator of justice and evil, but also creates the main paradox in the novel. Unlike the devil of traditional Christian teachings, Woland is capable of good and benevolence. This paradox plays an important role in both the story in Moscow and Jerusalem. Woland causes the characters, and the reader, to question life by encouraging awareness of the interdependency of Good and Evil in the proper functioning of life. In the novel, all evil is necessary in order to obtain a greater good. However, we see this end goal lost in the stories of Caesar and Stalin. They no longer have are able to recognize the difference between constructive evil and destructive power. However, evil seems to play as a nameless character in the novel, and in turn, in Stalinist times. Stalin does not directly kill any individuals, and neither does Caeser, but people still live in fear of him. People are surrounded by this terror, and only those who are self-aware and willing to call reality into question are able to create meaning for themselves. Bulgakov uses characters to possess this ability to display how meaning can be attained even when surrounded by terror and repression. People...
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...Most do not want to even think about death much less speak about it. The subject is many at times be avoided due to what it commonly corresponds with. Death is often portrayed to be a conclusion of life and is associated with having a dark or eerie vibe. In this poem “Because I Could Not Stop For Death” Emily Dickinson gives a different illustration of death as having a rather sense of tranquillity and comfort to form a new beginning through the use of symbolism, imagery, and paradoxes. Death could be interpreted in a variety of ways, especially in literature. Thus making numerous ways to interpret this piece of literature, mostly depends on how the author wants the symbolism to be seen through the reader's eyes. In “Because I Could Not...
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...deciding what to do, because it will affect society. It keeps society from falling apart, end human suffering, promote human flourishing, resolve conflicts, and reward or punish, In the moral dilemma of spelunking with 20 friends, one person got caught in the cave’s mouth, while 19 others were going to drown with the tide rising. I am the only person with a stick of dynamite, and I had to decide to blow the one person up to save myself and 18 others, or not kill anyone at all. The choice I would make is to blow Freddy from his place in the cave’s mouth. I chose this, because if I am the only one with the dynamite, and didn’t try to save the others with it, that would morally be worse. Both decisions result in death, however, I would rather be responsible for one death instead of 18 others. I believe that even if the dynamite was not used, there is a great chance that Freddy will never be found and die from starvation anyways. The dilemma does not say if it is a cave with a high volume of traffic passing by to save Freddy. I can only assume that there is not. In regards to the social activity, this is not just an individual based decision. I wouldn’t blow Freddy from his place just to save myself. If I was alone with just him and not 18 other people, the choice would be different. However, since the lives of others are in my hands, I would have to make the best decision to save the majority. My decision to use the dynamite on Freddy would end human suffering for all 20 people...
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...This paper will argue that during “The trial and Death of Socrates”, Socrates could have given better arguments for his defense. First it will outline the prejudices or accusations Socrates has to face during his trial. It will then show how Socrates acted as tough he wanted to lose the case and finally it will conclude explaining the arguments Socrates could have given in order to be acquitted. During the first speech (18a-19b) Socrates has to overcome two different types of prejudices: the old prejudice against Socrates set by the plays of Aristophanes and the new prejudices that included impiety charged by Meletus as well as the corruption of the youth. In fact more than once is Socrates confused for someone else. Aristophanes is responsible for latter but it is reconstructed by Meletus as including both impiety and corruption and Socrates is portrayed as a corrupt teacher .the first charge of impiety also originates with Aristophanes but Meletus confuses Socrates with the atheistic Anaxagoras when he describes Socrates as seeking to study the heavens (18a) the second charge of corruption is also in Aristophanes' Clouds but confuses Socrates with Protagoras. This led to confusion (18e) of Socrates with other sophists like Gorgias, Prodicus, and Hippias. The new prejudice against Socrates really is because of the Socratic paradox (20c-21a): “he knows nothing and only in this he claims to be wise “ this paradox aroused hatred against him (21b, 23ab), even though he...
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...THE ARGUMENT FROM RECOLLECTION Henna Khan Philosophy 380: Death, Dying, and the Quality of Life 09/10/2017 Socrates presents an argument known as the Argument from Recollection, which attempts to prove one’s soul existed prior to his or her birth. To better explain this argument, a definition will need to be established. Socrates defines in his monologue, the definition of Recollection, “So all human beings are good in the same way, for they become good by acquiring the same qualities. It seems so. And they would not be good in the same way if they did not have the same virtue. They certainly would not be. Since then the virtue of all is the same, try to tell me and to remember what Gorgias, and you with him, said that that same thing is.” To better explain, the argument is sectioned into three parts. The first part stating simply that one acquires knowledge by remembering it through the soul...
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...and comic works during that period. Black means oppression, sadness, helpless and death. Black humor is a way of using ironical comedy to show tragedy. Kurt Vonnegut and Joseph Heller were the most famous writers in American at the period of anti-war writing. Slaughterhouse Five and Catch 22 were the representative work of black humor back then. In the Slaughterhouse Five, through the using of dark humor in the language and the characters, Kurt Vonnegut suggests the meaningless, indifferent and ruthless of the wars and American Society. In the Slaughterhouse Five, there are senses of embittered humor with the Tralfamadorian phrase “So it goes” and “blue and ivory”. These two phrases appear in the novel more than a hundred times. Through the using of repeating phrases after each time when death happens, Vonnegut built their meaning with each incremental refrain. It may look upon as funny in an ironic way when one see “So it goes” at the first time. However, when one reads further in the novel, that phrase becomes irreverent and irritating. Also at the same time, Vonnegut compares the war scene which is “all the young people in bright elastic clothing and enormous boots and goggles, bombed out of their skulls with snow, swinging through the sky in yellow chairs” (Vonnegut 85) with the need of heaven to create the indifferent feeling of the war. The readers may not be able to fathom when so many deaths meaning little. Wayne MacGennis said “it is more likely Vonnegut’s intent to...
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...Richard Eberhart’s poem, “The Groundhog,” illustrates a common experience in which the speaker encounters a decaying animal to depict a profound, yet simple truth: all beings must succumb to mortality and mutability. While “The Groundhog” does not appear in stanzas Eberhart uses stages of emotional progression to depict the speaker’s initial reaction consisting of shock and rage to his final realization and understanding of death. Throughout the first 25 lines, the speaker and his emaciated heart appear to be in a state of shock, unable to understand or comprehend how this miniscule experience could have such truth behind it. The speaker’s emotions are running high after he begins to examine the dead animal; there is a certain longing to...
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...depression (Line 1). I will argue my point by showing how Dickinson uses literary devices to illuminate how depression is the potential demise of the soul. Imagery Dickinson uses imagery sets the stage for loneliness, despair and depression by writing, “There’s a Certain Slant of Light- Winter Afternoons” (Line 1). Here, the speaker asserts that the image of winter’s late afternoon is gloomy, cold, and dark suggesting loneliness. The speaker also asserts that the image of the light is nothing more that depression creeping in, similar to the way late afternoon light does then all of a sudden “it“ is dark like death. The nest 2 lines “That oppresses like the Heft of Cathedral Tunes” further suggests that the light causes a sorrow or heaviness that oppresses the soul like the drudgery of pipe organ music can (Lines3-4). Paradox Dickinson uses a paradox when she writes,”Heavenly hurt it gives us” (Line 5). The use of the world heavenly would make one think initially of peace. When the world hurt is used after it, the likely explanation becomes clearer. The speaker suggests the slant of light which Dickinson throughout the poem refers to as “it”; hurts more than one can fathom. The next three lines back this theory up possibly by saying, “We can find no scar, but internal difference, Where the meanings, are” (Lines 6-8). The speaker asserts that depression leaves no external scar that is visible. It is only the internally the scars can be found that depression can cause...
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...In Larry Laudan’s “Endanger Thy Neighbor”, Mr. Laudan discusses the risk-responsibility paradox lying within self-protection and benefits. This paradox is evident in every decision we make as human beings, consciously or subconsciously. As human beings, our nature is survival of the fittest. We may be concerned with the well-being of others, but deep down the first person we think about in those types of situations are ourselves. This mode of decision making is what I believe creates the risk-responsibility scenario and makes it present in everyday life. Laudan utilizes several examples to show his belief that whenever you make a decision that increases your safety or betters your quality of life in some sort way, it will most likely result in a negative effect on the people around you. For example, purchasing a burglary system would reduce your chances of getting robbed but would increase your neighbors chances of being burglarized. And purchasing a larger vehicle, like an SUV, would increase your chances to survive a crash but would put others who are involved in the accident at higher risk of severe injury or even death. In response to this he then goes on to show instances were decision making that is beneficial for you can also be harmful at the same time. For example, purchasing a car with fully equipped safety precautions, or buying a home security system. Lauden goes on to explain that people become more careless in these types of circumstances. The people with safer...
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...line in which caught my attention in, “I am Joaquin” by Rodolfo Corky Gonzales states, My fathers have lost the economic battle/ and won the struggle of cultural survival. /And now! I must choose between the paradox of/ victory of the spirit, despite physical hunger,/ or to exist in the grasp of American social neurosis. Although I do not agree one hundred percent in his final statement, It did manage to capture my attention nevertheless .where he specifies “won the struggle of cultural survival” it causes me to wonder, will my generation and the fore coming generation obtain the will power to retain their cultural roots? I am in question because too many Chicanos in our present day are very minimally knowledgeable about their roots and many even have difficulties speaking their native language. My counter argument in regards to, choosing between a paradox of maintaining our culture alive, to loosing it to American society is uncohesive, therefore it becomes a matter of personal choice in my personal opinion to whether preserve their cultural background and prosper simultaneously, or to substitute one for the other. Another line in which caught my attention was when Gonzales explained how he became a victim of killing and being killed. “The chattering machine guns are death to all of me:/ Yaqui /Tarahumara /Chamala /Zapotec /Mestizo /Español./The victor, /The vanquished. /I have killed /And been killed.” In this line Gonzales is metaphorically stating that we are all the same...
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